Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly on Tuesday mentioned that the nation needs “private talks with India to resolve a diplomatic dispute” over the killing of Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Reuters reported.
“We are in contact with the government of India. We take Canadian diplomats’ safety very seriously and we will continue to engage privately because we think diplomatic conversations are best when they remain private,” Reuters quoted Joly as saying to reporters.
The assertion by Joly comes after a report mentioned India had requested Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats.
India has instructed Canada that it should repatriate the diplomats by October 10. Neither Joly nor Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded when requested if the report was correct, as per Reuters.
There is a pressure in India-Canada relations following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations concerning the Indian authorities’s ‘potential role’ within the deadly capturing of Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Nijjar, who was a delegated terrorist in India, was gunned down outdoors a Gurdwara, in a parking space in Canada’s Surrey, British Columbia on June 18.
Trudeau, throughout a debate within the Canadian Parliament, claimed his nation’s nationwide safety officers had causes to imagine that “agents of the Indian government” carried out the killing of the Canadian citizen, who additionally served because the president of Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara.
However, India has outrightly rejected the claims, calling it ‘absurd’ and ‘motivated’.
Notably, Canada has but to offer any public proof to help the declare in regards to the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. The nation has mentioned it needs to “work constructively with India” concerning the allegations.
Trudeau on Tuesday mentioned that his nation was not “looking to escalate the situation with India,” including that Ottawa needs to stay on the bottom in New Delhi to assist Canadians, Reuters reported.
“Canada is not looking to escalate the situation with India, will continue to engage responsibly and constructively with New Delhi. We want to be on the ground in India to help the Canadian families there,” Reuters quoted Trudeau as saying.
Trudeau had mentioned final week that Canada remains to be dedicated to constructing nearer ties with India, regardless of “credible allegations of the Indian government’s involvement” within the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canada-based National Post reported. India has rejected the claims as “absurd” and “motivated”.
Pointing to the growing affect of India worldwide, Trudeau mentioned that it’s “extremely important” that Canada and its allies proceed to have interaction with India.
“India is a growing economic power and important geopolitical player. And as we presented with our Indo-Pacific strategy, just last year, we’re very serious about building closer ties with India,” he had instructed reporters.
“At the same time, obviously, as a rule of law country, we need to emphasize that India needs to work with Canada to ensure that we get the full facts of this matter,” National Post quoted Trudeau as saying.
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